Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 1274: Chapter 1279: Hitting Means Affection, Scolding Means Love

"Wha-what’s happening?"

He was a bit startled and quickly stepped back, saying cautiously:

"Venerable Lianjing, is that you?"

Why does Venerable Lianjing seem as if under some enchantment right now?

After touching Jiang Fan’s face, Venerable Lianjing instantly snapped back to reality.

She took a few hurried breaths, her gaze at Jiang Fan filled with gravity: "Wise Man’s Law?"

"You... you really have the Wise Man’s Law on you!"

She thought Jiang Fan was playing another trick on her.

But it was real this time!

Huh?

Jiang Fan was momentarily stunned; Venerable Lianjing was actually resisting the Sage’s Engraving?

He was overjoyed in his heart!

The Heavenly Eye Sage really did leave him a life-saving inscription!

However, why is the inscription so odd?

It actually forcibly commanded Venerable Lianjing to touch his face.

What kind of inscription is this?

Anyway, at least it’s confirmed to be a life-saving Law.

He relaxed, no longer feeling tense.

Coupled with the Luck Transfer Lock, he had double protections in front of Venerable Lianjing.

Absolutely safe and sound!

He let out a long breath, unable to suppress a laugh:

"Venerable Lianjing, it seems you can’t do anything to me."

"I have a small suggestion."

"Why don’t you return to where you came from?"

Venerable Lianjing was so angry she could explode.

Was the Heavenly Eye Sage blind? How could he leave a life-saving inscription for such a scoundrel?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and couldn’t help but curse: "Little rogue, today I..."

Just as she cursed, suddenly, the Sage’s Engraving activated again!

The invisible Law enveloped Venerable Lianjing, causing her to struggle again.

The harsh words were pulled back, and her tone became extremely gentle, "Young Master Jiang, I truly fancy you."

With that, the Law faded away.

Jiang Fan was stunned on the spot.

What kind of outrageous thing did he just hear?

He quickly stepped back, kept his distance from Venerable Lianjing, and said warily, "Venerable Lianjing, don’t do anything rash!"

Venerable Lianjing regained control of her words and, shocked, hurriedly retreated to stay away from Jiang Fan.

Feeling both ashamed and angry: "That wasn’t me!"

"It was the Sage’s Engraving on you controlling what I said!"

"What kind of engraving is that?"

"How could it be like this?"

First touching Jiang Fan’s face, then saying such shameless and uninhibited words!

Jiang Fan was also a bit baffled.

What exactly did the Heavenly Eye Sage engrave on him?

How did it make Venerable Lianjing become like this?

He tentatively suggested, "Venerable Lianjing, maybe try hitting me in a different way?"

"Just to confirm what the engraving truly is."

Venerable Lianjing was scared.

How could she dare to hit Jiang Fan?

Before even touching Jiang Fan, she’d be controlled by the Sage’s Engraving.

Yet she also wanted to find out what kind of bizarre engraving Jiang Fan had on him.

With a change of thought, her Domain activated, and a mirror appeared in front of her, reflecting Jiang Fan.

There was no reflection of Jiang Fan in the mirror.

Instead, it showed a line of words emitting a faint golden light, filled with Law.

"Hitting is affection, scolding is love."

Seeing this line, Venerable Lianjing understood why her actions were so strange!

This engraving was specifically targeting women!

Anyone who hits Jiang Fan would become close to him.

Anyone who scolds him would love him.

Venerable Lianjing’s face turned red with anger and shame: "How shameless!"

"To think a Venerable would carve such brazen words for you!"

Jiang Fan was dumbfounded on the spot, his mind a bit muddled.

He had imagined countless possibilities for what the Heavenly Eye Sage might have engraved.

But never guessed it would be this saying!

Thinking back carefully, he remembered asking the Heavenly Eye Sage what words were engraved.

The Heavenly Eye Sage merely smiled mysteriously, saying he would like it.

Presumably, at the time, he was carrying Yue Mingzhu in one hand and holding the injured and unconscious Xia Chaoge with the other.

The Heavenly Eye Sage probably left this phrase inside him for future domestic harmony.

However, the Heavenly Eye Sage didn’t anticipate that.

The first activation of the engraving wasn’t with one of his women.

But rather with a female enemy who was chasing him!

As for whether he liked it or not...

Heartfelt self-reflection, he indeed somewhat liked it.

Of course, he would prefer if the female enemy wasn’t so old.

"Ahem." Jiang Fan said awkwardly: "This was engraved by the Sage himself, it has nothing to do with me."

Venerable Lianjing gritted her teeth in anger:

"No excuses!"

"Would the Sage engrave such shameless Law without your plead?"

"You despicable, lewd, shameless, cheating scum..."

Just as she said it, she felt something was wrong.

But it was too late.

The Sage’s Engraving activated once more.

Venerable Lianjing hurriedly said, "Don’t..."

She tried to cover her mouth but could not stop herself from saying words that filled her with shame and anger.

"I am so fond of Young Master Jiang!"

Ah!

After saying this, Venerable Lianjing covered her face and screamed frantically: "Jiang Fan! Go to hell!!!"

If she were a young girl, it would be one thing.

But, she was already of a certain age and still being controlled by the Sage’s Engraving to say such shameless words!

Jiang Fan also felt incredibly embarrassed.

He quickly scanned his surroundings, saying: "Stop shouting!"

"Afraid others won’t hear your frivolous words?"

"You may not care, but I still do!"

Venerable Lianjing hurriedly closed her mouth and nervously looked around.

If word got out that she, Venerable Lianjing, made such inappropriate advances to a junior, she wouldn’t be able to explain.

After all, who would believe there’s a Sage’s Engraving like "Hitting is affection, scolding is love"?

Luckily, it was barren here.

No one would come...

Gurgle!

Suddenly.

A few bubbles emerged from the lake in the Oasis below.

Both Jiang Fan and Venerable Lianjing’s expressions froze.

There was life in the lake!

Venerable Lianjing quickly shouted: "Who’s eavesdropping! Come out!"

Splashes of water rolled and churned.

A valiant middle-aged man emerged, surrounded by auras of ice and fire, with a Divine Ring behind his head.

He emerged with embarrassment on his face.

In his hand, he held a barely alive black-robed Venerate, stained with much Mysterious Demon Liquid.

Who else could they be?

If not the Ice and Fire Demon Lord and the Soul Refining Venerable?

The Ice and Fire Demon Lord had been chasing the Soul Refining Venerable from the Taicang State all the way to the Great Wilderness State.

Later, they had intruded into the Forbidden Land.

But what was he doing here?

The Ice and Fire Demon Lord was also a bit embarrassed and coughed dryly: "Jiang Fan, what a coincidence."

"For the record, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your conversation."

"I was here to use the State-level Teleportation Array, didn’t expect you’d arrive as well."

State-level Teleportation Array?

Jiang Fan looked bewilderedly at the circular lake.

With a flick of the Ice and Fire Demon Lord’s finger, a powerful cold burst turned the lake into ice, which then shattered into sparkling fragments.

The lakebed was thus revealed.

And right there was a gigantic Transmission Array with complex engravings!

"This Transmission Array leads directly to the West Sea of Taicang State."

Jiang Fan suddenly understood.

How could there be a lake on this barren land?

Turns out it connected to the seabed of the West Sea.

Presumably, when someone used the Transmission Array from the West Sea, some seawater crossed the boundary and was teleported here, eventually forming this Transmission Array.

The Ice and Fire Demon Lord was planning to return to Taicang State, and Jiang Fan and Venerable Lianjing happened to arrive.

And overheard their conversation.

If someone else heard it, Jiang Fan wouldn’t be too concerned.

But, the Ice and Fire Demon Lord was heading back to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

If he went back spreading rumors...

Jiang Fan awkwardly said: "Demon Lord Senior, please don’t misunderstand, actually it’s..."

The Ice and Fire Demon Lord waved his hand: "No need to explain, I heard it all, I understand."

Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he was once a Great Cultivator, didn’t need to see it to understand the truth just by hearing it.

Yet, what froze Jiang Fan’s expression was.

The Ice and Fire Demon Lord said with some envy:

"I know you’re popular, with so many peerless beauties falling for you."

"But to think even women in their forties and fifties, you can win over."

"Really quite absurd."

Jiang Fan nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

So this is what you understood?]